After seven or eight days in a row, everyone, including Tang Cheng and Mike, was extremely tired of the jungle, and anyone who walked through the jungle in the hot and humid rainy season couldn't stand it, not to mention that Tang Cheng also carried a large number of weapons and ammunition. "How long are we going to go? If I go any further, I'm afraid I'm going to die in this forest. A small soldier finally couldn't stand it anymore and muttered in a low voice.

"Let's go, we are soldiers, it is natural to eat food and fight, the commander didn't say it, you just keep going, there are so many whining words." Some veterans persuaded them a few words, and the damp heat in the forest was about to make them crazy, but Tang Cheng never gave a time to reach their destination, and it was normal for the soldiers to have a few whining words.

"But there are no little devils in sight here, so can't we rest for a while? The rain hasn't stopped, has it? These whining words were not loud or small, just enough for Tang Cheng who was walking in the team to hear, the veterans were all closed and did not dare to speak, they were just glancing at Tang Cheng with their eyes to see how the patriarch responded. Tang Cheng naturally heard all these complaints, but he just smiled faintly, but he didn't answer.

Seeing that Tang Cheng kept at his feet, he didn't even look back, he just ignored it, and the few guys who kept complaining muttered to themselves for a while. In fact, these guys were just complaining, and seeing that Tang Cheng didn't pay attention to them at all, he also closed his mouth when he felt bored, and tried his best to deal with the slippery under his feet. I can only honestly follow and continue to march.

The march lasted in the rain all morning, and by noon the rain had finally stopped. Tang Cheng's young face had been covered with dew from the rain and mist, even his eyebrows, and drops of water condensed and formed on his steel helmet, and then slid down the steel helmet to the raincoat and the ground. The rain stopped, but the forest began to fill with fog again, and seeing that the normal march could not be guaranteed, Tang Cheng could only order to find a place to rest, so as not to dry the soldiers' rain-soaked uniforms, and when he went on the road again, there would be a large number of sick people.

While they stopped in the woods to bake their uniforms in Tangcheng, Stilwell, who was far away in Ramgarh, was arguing with a group of high-ranking officials in the headquarters of the expeditionary force, striving for the 38th Division to immediately cross the Nanrong River and attack Xinpingyang. "Gentlemen, the combat effectiveness of the 38th Division has proven that they can defeat the Japanese troops confronting them, but why did the troops of the 38th Division still wait on the line of the Nanrong River and did not go south? By seizing the new Pingyang, we will be able to build an airfield in the new Pingyang, and the materials needed by the troops will be replenished at any time through the continuous flow of energy. ”

Stilwell argued on the basis of reason and talked a lot about the benefits of building a forward airfield in Xinpingyang, but Zheng Dongguo, commander of the New First Army, never said a word, and Sun Liren, deputy commander and commander of the 38th Division, frowned, showing an expression of disapproval of this plan. Having learned the lesson of retreat from Burma, the current expeditionary force has a clear understanding of Burma from top to bottom, and compared with the cunning and ferocious Japanese army, the expeditionary force believes that the weather and poor terrain in northern Burma are their great enemy.

"Deputy Army Commander Sun, I see that you seem to have something to say, this is the command headquarters, a place to discuss the military affairs of the troops, you are the commander of the New First Army, and you are also the commander of the 38th Division, you can talk about whether the operation to attack Xinpingyang is feasible." Seeing that Zheng Dongguo never said a word, Stilwell, who was holding back the fire in his heart, pointed the finger at Sun Liren, and among the many generals of the expeditionary force, Sun Liren was undoubtedly favored by Stilwell.

Sun Liren knew that Zheng Dongguo, who was the commander of the army, did not speak, just to avoid a conflict with Stilwell, but the fairy Astilwell had already pointed the finger at himself, if he didn't say anything again, the 38th Division might really be forced by Stilwell to forcibly cross the Nanrong River to fight with the Japanese army. Sun Liren coughed lightly, raised his head and glanced at Stilwell, "Your Excellency, your Excellency, build an advance airfield in Xinpingyang, and the troops going south will be able to get supplies at any time through Xinpingyang, which is undoubtedly a good thing for our army's material supply." ”

Sun Liren's words made Stilwell nod his head with great satisfaction, and all the officers present looked sideways at Sun Liren, not knowing what was wrong with this guy, how could he recall what Stilwell had said. Directly ignoring everyone's goal of looking at him and Stilwell's pride, Sun Liren changed his words and said his true thoughts, "It is certainly a good thing to build a forward airfield in Xinpingyang, but I don't agree to mobilize the 38th Division to cross the Nanrong River and enter the Hukang River valley now. Stilwell was immersed in joy, but was hit hard by Sun Liren's words.

Sun Liren smiled at Stilwell, signaling that his words were not finished, "Everyone should know that May to October every year is the rainy season in Burma, especially in northern Myanmar, which is mountainous and jungled, it is a heavy rainfall season, and the terrain on the line of the Nanrong River is already complicated, I think it is not advisable to send troops in the rainy season, and our soldiers cannot guarantee that they will enter the Hukang River valley in the rainy season, especially since the Japanese 18th Division has already stabbed the iron built on the first line of the Nanrong River, and forcibly attacked, which will only increase unnecessary casualties." ”

Zheng Dongguo, who had not spoken, secretly gave Sun Liren a thumbs up, and said in his heart that Stilwell has no excuse at this time, the rainy season is indeed the biggest problem faced by the expeditionary force stationed in India to the south, which is a fact that cannot be avoided. Sure enough, as soon as Sun Liren talked about the rainy season in northern Burma, the British generals who were originally ready to support Stilwell also kept their mouths shut.

Sun Liren emphasized that the rainy season was just to prevent his 38th Division from suffering unnecessary casualties, but Stilwell's face had changed drastically at this time, and before convening this meeting, he had already ordered Mike in the courtyard to immediately advance to the direction of Xinpingyang to plan the 38th Division's action to seize Xinpingyang. After all calculations, Stilwell forgot that it was already the rainy season in northern Burma, and when the rainy season came, the entire Hukang Valley was a vast ocean, not to mention that the 38th Division would seize Xinpingyang, and the expeditionary force on the front line of the Nanrong River would probably not be able to move an inch at all.

This was too bad for Stilwell to beat the drum in his heart and hastily end the meeting, and Stilwell immediately ordered his lieutenant to use the radio to contact Mike. If Mike was still on the red clay slope, of course Stilwell could contact him by radio, but Tang Cheng couldn't resist the impatient Mike urging one after another, and by the time Stilwell reacted, Tang Cheng and the others had already entered the jungle, which would be baking military uniforms while the rain stopped. The vast jungle and mountains blocked the transmission of radio waves, not to mention that Mike had turned off the radio, and even if the radio was turned on, Stilwell, who was far away in Ramgarh, probably would not be able to contact his direct company in the jungle.

There is no impermeable wall in the sky, and the Ramgar headquarters is a mixed place, and no secrets can be hidden, but within an hour, the people in the headquarters who have a little bit of access know that the direct company far away on the red soil slope has been forced by Stilwell to go to Xinpingyang. "Stilwell is too anxious, a whole person who strengthened the company was driven into the forest by him like this, it's the rainy season now, not to mention that they want to attack Xinpingyang, it's difficult to get out of the forest, and the direct company is miserable."

There were such rumors one after another, and the report that the direct company had killed more than 500 Japanese troops on the red soil slope had long been spread by the people in the headquarters, but now they suddenly heard that the direct company was forced by Stilwell to cross the jungle to Xinpingyang, and the people in the headquarters felt somewhat unworthy for Tang Cheng and Mike. When Huang Hanju, who stayed in Ledo, knew about this, it was already the second day, and Huang Hanju was used to seeing intrigue when he was in the Southwest Branch, as long as he calmed down and pondered carefully, he could understand the situation they were facing in Tangcheng now, and it seemed that Stilwell was ready to give up his direct company.

Huang Hanju used the radio to contact Tang Cheng and them like crazy, but unfortunately Tang Cheng and they were in the rainforest, not to mention that the radio station had been silently closed, even if the radio was turned on, I am afraid that Huang Hanju would not be able to contact them. In order to ensure the secrecy of the operation, Tang Cheng and Mike prepared enough supplies for their soldiers to consume for 10 days, plus the more wild things in the jungle in the rainy season, at least for half a month, Tang Cheng will not lack food, and half a month is enough for them to rush to the periphery of the new Pingyang.

"What the fuck is going on? Let's be stupid boys, right? Dogday's command doesn't have a good guy. "Tang Cheng, exhausted by the toss of the rainforest, was furious. Finally arrived at an open place, originally turned on the radio to contact Huang Hanju to reassure the other party, but unexpectedly received a thunderbolt from Huang Hanju, and the headquarters had suspended the operation of Xin Pingyang in the work area. They were obviously tricked by Stilwell, and they were very thorough, and now they can't advance or retreat, so they can only resign themselves to fate.

"What are we going to do now?" Mike also ran out of ideas, according to the speed and distance they were traveling, it was not far from Xinpingyang at this time, if they were to return to the red soil slope the same way, what should they do? But if they don't go back, the Japanese-Burmese mixed forces in Xinpingyang alone will be able to chase them into savages, not to mention that the supplies they carry are about to bottom out. At that time, there was no need for the Japanese army to chase after them, and more than half of them could starve to death just by starvation.

"Contact that old bastard Stilwell immediately, ask him what he means first, it was his idea to ask us to come to New Pingyang, and now that the action is postponed, that old bastard should also give us an explanation." Tang Cheng insisted on contacting Stilwell immediately, and actually had a rough plan in mind. If Stilwell had really decided to postpone the attack on Xinpingyang, then Tang Cheng was ready to take his direct company to find a place around Xinpingyang to hide first, as long as Stilwell could continue to use the plane to provide airdrops, that is, let Tang Cheng live in northern Myanmar for a year, he was willing.